School Hours Grades 6-8: Start-8:30 Dismiss: 3:00 Schedules

1. Full Day Schedule: School starts at 8:30 am and finishes at 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. The lunch program is always provided on the full day schedule. Since there is no supervision available we ask that your child not arrive before 7:35 am when they may partake in the breakfast program.

2. Half-Day Schedule: School starts at 8:30 am and finishes at 12:00. The lunch program is provided on all half-days. <p>

School Closure Clover Park School District is a member of the Public School Emergency Communications Systems (PSECS). If school is to be canceled or the opening delayed due to snow or other emergency, an announcement will be made over several local television stations. In emergency situations, we may need to close school during the day; however, if it is safer to keep students at school than to send them home, they will be kept at school under supervision. The following is a listing of 2008-09 PSECS participating radio and television stations: <p>

TV Stations: KOMO TV KIRO TV KING TV KCPQ TV

AM Stations: KVI-570 KIRO-710 KIXI-880 KLAY-1180 KCIS-630 KHHO-850 KMPS-1300 KOMO-1000

FM Stations: KJR-95.7 KUBE-93.3 KMPS-94.1 KMTT-103.7 KIXI-88.0 KPLU-88.5 KCMS-105.3 KSLY-92.5 KWRM-106.9 KKBY-104.9 <p>

Listen for announcements about Clover Park School District No. 400. Announcements are for one day only. If announcements about Clover Park School District are not broadcast, schools are open and operating on a regular schedule. Any announcements about “Lakewood Schools” should be ignored. Lakewood School District is a small district north of Everett. Half Days What do teachers do on half days? This is a question that probably crossed your mind more than a few times this year. The half days were put into place to allow teachers time for collaborative planning. This has become a very valuable tool for teachers as they work to improve instruction for students and prepare them for alignment across the grade level and school. All of the grades have met as groups and looked at the Essential Learnings and compared them to what we are teaching. <p>

The Essential Learnings are the lists of skills and information that the state of Washington says students need to have at their grade level. Doing this as a group allows the teachers to be sure that the entire grade level is focused on the essentials. Teachers have also been developing Essential Questions for their lessons and units. These Essential Questions help keep lessons focused on the goal and move students to advance in their higher level thinking skills.<p>